From today’s FAA accident summary….
Regis#: C-FGAT Description: HAWKER MARK 20
Date: 10/20/2010 Time: 2030
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: BRECKENRIDGE State: TX Country: US
DESCRIPTION:
CANADIAN REGISTERED AIRCRAFT, ON LANDING, GEAR COLLAPSED AND GROUND LOOPED, BRECKENRIDGE, TX
If you’re going to have a mishap, might as well do it at Breckenridge where the Ezells can repair it.
By: WebPilot - 3rd November 2010 at 20:11
I think the Fury was the FB10 so it probably reflect the standards to which the aircraft now conforms. As has been said, many of these aircraft are rebuilt to a standard far from the original build, including folding wings, as here:
By: David Burke - 3rd November 2010 at 19:22
Her history shows her to have had a chequered past. Having folding wings or not is no indication of her not being an Iraqi ISS as so many of these machines have been rebuilt with different parts in the U.S.
By: Phantom Phil - 3rd November 2010 at 19:12
Sea Fury or just plain Fury…?
If it’s not a Sea Fury why does it have the designation FB.11 which is the model used by the Fleet Air Arm? The Iraqi Fury’s didn’t have this designation as far as I’m aware…
Also picture shows the aircraft with folded wings so it’s either not an Iraqi Fury OR it’s been retrofitted at some point in it’s past:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Hawker-Fury-FB10/1002417/&sid=aaaba1b2111c9e53bafc404da8f2a009
Phil.
By: WebPilot - 3rd November 2010 at 18:19
The Sea Fury originated as the Fury for the RAF which was a Tempest based “light fighter” but the type was cancelled and development for the FAA continued with the Sea Fury as the navalised variant of the Fury. However a small no of non-navalised Furies with the wing fold deleted were built for the Iraqis (the Fury ISS or Baghdad Fury).
By: RMAllnutt - 3rd November 2010 at 18:15
Why is it described as a Hawker Fury and not a Hawker Sea Fury?? I was expecting to see a picture of a biplane!!
That’s because it is actually a Hawker Fury, not a Sea Fury. It was built as a Fury for the Iraqi Air Force.
Cheers,
Richard
By: Phantom Phil - 3rd November 2010 at 18:02
Description…?
Why is it described as a Hawker Fury and not a Hawker Sea Fury?? I was expecting to see a picture of a biplane!!
By: ZRX61 - 3rd November 2010 at 17:51
This happened 2 weeks ago & theres not a mention of it over at Wix??
By: Wyvernfan - 3rd November 2010 at 17:41
That’ll be this one then. Glad to hear the pilot is ok. Photo credit Joe Osciak.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Hawker-Fury-FB10/1697610/&sid=b66b98482e3b596589341c975631257a
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November 3, 2010 at 4:06 pm